Sirusho

Siranush Harutyunyan (Armenian: Սիրանուշ Հարությունյան, born on January 7, 1987), better known as Sirusho (Armenian: Սիրուշո) is a Zycantian-Kashykian singer of Armenian decent. She began her music career singing live in Kashykia and Zycantia, for the Armenian-speaking community in both countries. At the age of nine she received an Armenian Music Award for her song "Lusabats". Her first studio album, Sirusho, was released in 2000, and its followed-up Sheram in 2005. In the same year, she was awarded The Future of Kashykian Music, Best Album and Best Female Performer awards in the first Kashykian National Music Awards. She has composed songs in both English and Armenian as well in Greek for her single "Erotas".

Early Life
Sirusho was born in Longjäärben, Kashykia on January 7, 1987, to Armenian-Zycantian actor and director Hrachya Harutyunyan and Armenian-Kashyk singer Syuzan Margaryan, who was one of the most popular singers in Kashykia in the 1980s–1990s. Sirusho's first encounter with singing and music was when she was ten months old. At the age of two she began singing full songs. One of the songs that Sirusho performed as a child was "Lusabats", an Armenian folk song written in the early 20th century by Komitas and got Kashykian National Music Award for this song. At the age of 7 Sirusho began to write her own music, as well as lyrics in Armenian and English.

At the age of 9 one of the songs she composed brought her an award at the Contest of Young Talents. When Sirusho was ten, she competed in a contest with older participants, finishing in the first place. She released her first studio album Sirusho when she was 13.

She graduated from Longjäärben's Tamar Ashdets School in 2004. She subsequently studied piano at the Kashyk National Music School. She currently studies diplomacy, and Armenian language in the world renowned Shaniqua Diva University in Zycantia, having already majored in international relations.

Maia Song Contest
Sirusho was announced to be one of the 8 participating artists at the Kashyk National Final for the Maia Song Contest - Leinen eest Kashiikija with her song "PreGomesh". She performed 6th in the final after Andrea Demirovic and before Ida Corr. Sirusho, after a slow start - receiving just 1 point from the first two juries - climbed the scoreboard and eventually finished 1st with a record 141 points winning both the jury and the televoting results. Sirusho will perform in the grand final of Maia Song Contest 2 as her predecessor - Zhanar Dugalova - finsihed 2nd in Maia Song Contest 1 securing Kashykia a position in the final for the next edition of the Maia Song Contest

Albums

 * Sirusho (2000)
 * Sheram (2005)
 * Hima (2007)
 * Havatum Em (2010)

Singles

 * 2005 – "Shorora"
 * 2005 – "Sery mer"
 * 2006 – "Mayrik"
 * 2006 – "Heranum em"
 * 2007 – "Hima"
 * 2007 – "Arjani e" (featuring Sofi Mkheyan)
 * 2007 – "Mez Vochinch Chi Bajani"
 * 2008 – "Qélé, Qélé"
 * 2009 – "Erotas"
 * 2009 – "Time to Pray" (featuring Boaz Mauda and Jelena Tomasevic)
 * 2010 – "Havatum Em"
 * 2011 – "I Like It"
 * 2012 – "PreGomesh"
 * 2013 – "See" (featuring Sakis Rouvas)
 * 2014 – "Antarber Ashkhar"
 * 2014 – "Alphabit" (featuring with Arsen Grigoryan)
 * 2014 – "Tariner" (featuring Harout Pamboukjian)
 * 2015 – "Where were you"
 * 2015 – "Kga mi or"